Woman reunited with dog stolen at bar

HYANNIS — There was a happy ending for a New Hampshire woman on Saturday afternoon, after the dog stolen from her car late Friday was found nearby.

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Posted Apr. 21, 2013 at 2:00 AM

Posted Apr. 21, 2013 at 2:00 AM

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HYANNIS — There was a happy ending for a New Hampshire woman on Saturday afternoon, after the dog stolen from her car late Friday was found nearby.

Around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, police were called to House of Bud's bar on Bearse's Way. A woman told police she'd driven from New Hampshire to visit friends, and was at the bar to visit a friend who is a bartender there, Barnstable police Officer Dave Foley said.

Her 15-year-old black-and-white English springer spaniel, Jackson, was in her car. When she checked on him at one point, a man asked her about the dog, and made a "strange comment" asking if he could take the dog while she was in the bar, Foley said.

When the woman came out to leave 15 minutes later, she discovered her car window smashed and Jackson missing, Foley said.

On Saturday, Barnstable police received a call about a dog — later identified as Jackson — running around near Phinney's Lane.

"So they were reunited," Barnstable police Sgt. Sean Sweeney said.

The woman described the alleged thief as a white male in his 40s with "scruffy" brown hair and "messed-up" teeth, wearing a red-and-white checkered insulated shirt, Foley said. He was driving a newer model silver or gray full-size pickup truck with a cap, possibly a Nissan or Toyota.